Of little rock arkansass allwhite high school. Find a complete schedule on www. Cspan. Org. Let us know what you think. Colonists, email us, or send us a tweet. Joined the cspan conversation. Like us on facebook. Follow us on twitter. All weekend, American History tv is featuring wheeling, West Virginia. It was the first state capital of West Virginia after the suit after it seceded from virginia and 1863. Hosted by our comcast partners, we recently visited many sites showcasing the citys history. Learn more about wheeling all weekend here on American History tv. We are at the ogilvie in the state Oglebay Institute museum. Oglebay park is one of the largest city parks in the united states. People are surprised. They think it may be a state park, but it is a city park. This museum was the former summer it estate of earl w. Oglebay. When you think of Great American industrialists, you may not have heard about him. You think about rockefeller and carnegie. But he knew those people and wor
They will be perfectly fine for many, many years. Beginning in the 1890s, there was a concerted effort to find and collect West Virginias remaining civil war battle flags. During that decade they collected these flags. At the time, they did not know how to preserve them. Some of them used chemicals that were detrimental to the flags. But for over six decades these flags set in dark storage. They did not see light at all until we could figure out how to conserve them, how to repair them, and how to put them in these climate controlled cases. So, they have been conserved. They have been restored as much as possible. What is left will be there for many generations to come. But to be beside a flag, to be in the presence of that object is to be in the presence of the past, because this is that tangible, real connection people can have to the past. All weekend, American History tv is featuring wheeling, West Virginia. The city was the first state capital of West Virginia after it seceded fro
WHEELING Creative freedom, diverse perspectives, talent, camaraderie and recognition are hallmarks of the annual Crosscurrents art exhibition at Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Fine Arts Center in Wheeling. A staple in OI’s exhibition season for 45 years, Crosscurrents is a unique blend of styles, techniques, mediums and subject matter that collectively reflects the creative energy in […]
WHEELING Mischief, mistaken identity, love and joyful revelation abound at Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre during its upcoming production of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy “Twelfth Night.” This production marks the return of the Bard to Towngate’s main stage season for the first time in more than four decades. Shows take place May 3, 4, 5, 10 […]
The Stifel Fine Arts Center hosted its annual crosscurrents art exhibition Thursday night in Wheeling.For more than 40 years, the Oglebay Institute has shown mu